A family’s SES can be
changeable over time. This study was the first to investigate if such
within-individual changes in family SES are associated with parallel
fluctuations in boys’ delinquent behavior from childhood to adolescence.
Participants were a community sample of boys and their caregivers (N = 503) who were assessed annually for ten consecutive
years spanning ages 7–18. Fixed effects models revealed that changes in
familial SES were related to changes in delinquency:
Youths were more likely to
offend during years in which their parents’ SES was lower than during years in
which their parents’ SES was higher. Contrary to expectations, we found no
evidence that this association was accounted for by families moving to
different neighborhoods or by changes in parenting.
Since within-individual models
provide a stricter test of causality than between-individual models, these
findings support claims that impacting familial SES may have a direct effect on
youths’ delinquency.
Below: Between Individuals: Probability of Offending as a Function of Family SES by Neighborhood Quality
Below: Within Individuals: Relative Odds of Offending as a Function of Family SES
Full article at: http://goo.gl/sVjZhB
By:
Roderik Rekker, Loes Keijsers, Susan Branje, Wim Meeus
Utrecht University, Utrecht, The
Netherlands
Dustin Pardini, Rolf Loeber
University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wim Meeus
Tilburg University, Tilburg, The
Netherlands
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